Exhibitions
GAM
Enzo Mari – The art of design
Turin, 29 October 2008 – 6 January 2009
On the occasion of the city of Turin’s nomination as World Design Capital 2008, GAM will dedicate an extensive anthological exhibition to the works of Enzo Mari, eminent Italian designer with an intense artistic career since the 1950s, when he stood out as a prominent figure of Programmed and Kinetic Art.
Organised in its entirety by the Enzo Mari Studio as “global project” (curatorship, arrangement and catalogue), the exhibition evolves in a chronological order that deliberately makes no distinction between Mari’s artistic production and the objects he designed for industry.
Avigdor
Design e arte nel tessuto per l’arredamento
Turin, 11 November – 21 December 2008.
Exhibition of a collection of Italian period fabrics (1900-1960) designed by artists like Lucio Fontana, Emilio Vedova, Roberto Sambonet, Emanuele Luzzati, Enrico Paolucci, and Ettore Sottsass.
These fabrics have a prestigious history, published in “Domus”, awarded the Compasso d’oro, presented at the Triennale of Milan and at the Italian Design exhibition in London or for the transatlantic liner Andrea Doria.
The exhibition is organized in the premises of the shop Avigdor (Lungo Dora Colletta 129 bis).
Museo delle Arti Decorative Fondazione Accorsi
Il gioiello italiano contemporaneo(Contemporary Italian jewelry: techniques and materials between art and design)
Turin, 29 October 2008 – 11 January 2009
The exhibition, which is curated by Alba Cappellieri, highlights the excellence of Italian jewels and the techniques and materials of jewelry that is made in Italy. Coral, filigree, micro-mosaics, lavastone, all bear witness to a little-known culture of goldsmith excellence.
An ideal comparison of past, present and future sheds light on the goldsmith’s vocation and the artistic traditions of the various parts of Italy in which quality and distinction are strategic elements for competing in international markets.
Over 150 designers and companies have been invited to participate; they represent the excellence of the “Italian way,” regardless of age, materials, provenance or themes of research. A total of over 400 works are presented in the exhibition.
Torino Triennale
T Torino Triennale
Turin, 6 November 2008 – 1 February 2009
On November 6th, 2008 the second edition of T Torino Triennale will open to the public. The triennial aims at displaying the most innovative creations in the field of visual arts. This second edition entitled “50 Moons of Saturn”, is organized in two parts: the first will see the participation of 50 international artists, presenting their new and experimental works; the second will consist of solo shows highlighting the achievements of two artists who have already distinguished themselves in their career: Paul Chan and Olafur Eliasson.
Palazzo Bricherasio
Lorenzo Delleani and his time
Turin, 26 September 2008 – 18 January 2009
In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the death of Lorenzo Delleani artist’s vast oeuvre will be shown at four exhibitions: three major shows in Turin, Biella, and Miradolo, and an itinerant show in Pollone.
The exhibition at Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, offers a unique opportunity to gain greater insight into the context within which Delleani worked and an appreciation for his contemporaries and the styles that characterized the art scene in Piedmont between 1860 and 1908.
Fondazione Merz
Matthew Barney – Contemporary Mythologies
Turin, 31 October 2008 – 11 January 2009
“Matthew Barney. Contemporary Mythologies”, curated by Olga Gambari, is a project entirely dedicated to this video-artist that will be held until the 11th January 2009. An exceptional event that will be articulated in four moments. Centred around the exhibition at the Merz Foundation there will be a review of his films at the Museo Nazionale del Cinema, conferences in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy at the University of Turin and a workshop with the students of the Accademia Albertina and the students of the Department of Philosophy of the University of Turin.
Artissima Design
Artists’ places. Paolo Mussat Sartor, 1960-2008
Turin, 1 November 2008 – 6 January 2009
Artissima continues its dialogue with the various languages of contemporary art inaugurated in 2007 and in 2008 proposes Artissima Design with the exhibition “The places of art”.
The houses, studios and natural settings where art is created.
The extraordinary lens of Paolo Mussat Sartor captures artists in the places where they live and work, and revealing the intimate relationship with the setting, furnishings, objects and so on.
The artist’s home/studio is considered by many a work by the artist on a par with other works, a self-portrait, often secret, a container of experiences and emotions.